Thomas Frost Wilson (1807 - 1871)

Born 14 Apr 1807 in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Jul 1871 at age 64 in Cahaba Valley, Shelby County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Thomas Frost Wilson was born 14 April 1807 to Benjamin and Hannah Harless Wilson in Sevier, Tennessee, USA. Please note that this information has been provided by the previous profile manager and is subject to verification.

It is likely that our Thomas is the same Thomas F Wilson who enlisted in the Shelby County Militia, on 22 August 1864 in the 6 Month Volunteers of Company John P West, Muster Roll 1864/08/22 Montevallo, Alabama. It is noted that Thomas was 58 years old at the time of enlistment. This is based on an assumption that he actually did move to Alabama.^[1]

Research Notes

The Family Search tree has this death date for Thomas: 14 Jul 1871. However, since neither this profile nor that tree have sources, both dates are given here.

Suggested reading which could be used as a basis for research: [1]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 February 2018, 03:52), entry for Thomas Frost Wilson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7X2-DZN); contributed by various users.

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Shelby, Alabama; Roll: M432_14; Page: 192A; Image: 646

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDV-JLP : 18 February 2021), Thos F Wilson, 1860.